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Pablo Sandoval, Baseball

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Pablo Sandoval’s nickname went from “Kung Fu Panda” to just “Panda,” and it’s not because he was a cute and cuddly figure. Rather, the hefty Sandoval seemingly grew to the size of some of the largest and fattest bears in the world, and became such a liability for the Boston Red Sox that they simply couldn’t play their high priced acquisition. His weight went in the same direction that his salary did, through the course of his professional baseball career: higher, even higher, and then even more higher.